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frozen land, then discovered the capabilities of the material com-
posing them, and finally devised rude means of availing themselves
of those capabilities. The history of these unique specimens can
not fail to be of interest.
words
On the 9th of August, 1818, Capt. J no. Ross, R.N.,
imprisoned with his two ships, the Isabella and Alexan-
der, in the Arctic ice-pack off the desolate northern
shore of Melville Bay, some twenty-five or thirty miles
to the eastward of Cape York, was "surprised by the
appearance of several men on the ice
drawn on
rudely fashioned sledges by dogs, which they continued
to drive backwards and forwards with wonderful
rapidity."
After a great deal of manœuvring, for a detailed
account of which see Ross's original narrative of his
voyage, communication was established with these
individuals of a hitherto unknown tribe of Hyper-
boreans, and they were induced to come on board the
ships.
Among the scanty possessions of these natives were
crude bone knives with cutting edges of iron. The
discovery of this metal in the hands of these isolated
aborigines, who had never seen white men before, and
had no idea of the existence of human beings beyond
their own tribe, naturally excited comment. It was
supposed that the metal had been obtained from some
fragments of wreckage, and Ross's armourer thought
the matter
the knives were made from pieces of iron hoop or flat-
tened nails. A little later, however, it was understood
from the natives that the iron was procured from a
mountain near the shore, and that they cut off it with
* Voyage of Discovery, &c., &c., by Jno. Ross, Capt. R.N., London, 1819-
4to, page 80.
Print from Ross' Narrative Illustration.
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